| Color code and Abbreviations |
| Queen without information : B298(GC)C100(NE) B434(NE) B374(NE) B387(NE) B458(NE) |
Queens from one strain, but mated by drones from another strain . Their population and daughters (and drones of them) are F1 crossed. |
| Queen and Drones have the same ancestors: combination to increase or stabilize some characteristics |
| Queen and Drones are Aunt-Nephews : that would correspond by us to a Sister-Brothers crossing. |
| Queen and Drones, Aunt-Nephews, are F1 this is a real Mendelian F1 cross. |
| Queen and/or Drones have unknown exact origin : that makes unable to find their real status. |
| Queen and Drones result of a cross between two different lines : interesting to increase their resistance and qualities. |
| Breeders |
| (-) (BA): | Brother Adam †1996 (Karl Kehrle Foundation) |
| AH : | Heike Aumeier (DE) |
| GB : | Günter Behrens †2012 (DE) |
| HST : | Stefan Holmer (DE) |
| IC : | Bioland Imkerei Ivan Curić (DE) |
| MS : | Michael Schell (DE) |
| PJ : | Paul Jungels (LU) |
| TR : | Thomas Rueppel (DE) |
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| Races — Do use them |
| A: | anatolica |
| B: | buckfast |
| E: | lamarckii (Egyptian) |
| T: | macedonica Athos |
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| Importation mode |
| imq : | Laying queen imported |
| ivq : | Virgin queen imported |
| Mating Places, etc |
| aml : | Ameland island (NL – Friesland) |
| iby1 : | Instrumental insemination (DE) |
| inhj : | Instrumental insemination |
| injk : | Instrumental insemination (GB) |
| ins : | Instrumental insemination |
| lgn : | Langeneß island (DE – Wattenmeer) |
| nat : | Free mated at random |
| shr : | Sherberton (Dartmoor, GB) |
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